[MinnowBoard] MinnowBoard MAX announcement

[David Anders]

Carroll,

On 03/31/2014 03:41 PM, Carroll Vance wrote:
> Does "With Open Source hardware-accelerated drivers for Linux OS" mean 
> that we will no longer be tied down to the closed source emgd driver? 
> Didn't see it in the FAQ, but that was my biggest gripe with the first 
> board. It made running another distribution more complicated then just 
> running a specific kernel version with blobs since you also had to use 
> libraries linked against a few specific versions of Xorg.
>

indeed you are correct! the GPU support is in the mainline kernel and 
completely open:

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?DwnldID=13815


Dave
>
> On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Scott Garman 
> <scott.a.garman at intel.com <mailto:scott.a.garman at intel.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi everyone,
>
>     The MinnowBoard.org project is thrilled to announce the newest
>     member of our family - MinnowBoard MAX! We're unveiling this board
>     at the EE Live! conference this week in San Jose, CA.
>
>     MinnowBoard MAX is another open hardware embedded board we've
>     developed to serve the needs of both the professional developer
>     and hacker/maker community. Based on Intel's new Atom Bay Trail
>     SoC platform, it offers a new generation of performance and
>     features, but remains petite in size and cost.
>
>     Our entry-level SKU will be $99 MSRP, with additional board
>     configuration options to be made available. All models will
>     include 64-bit processors, USB 3.0, and Intel HD graphics with
>     open source accelerated drivers for Linux, to just name a few of
>     the new features!
>
>     You can find out more on our website:
>
>     http://www.minnowboard.org/meet-minnowboard-max/
>
>     Enjoy,
>
>     Scott
>
>     -- 
>     Scott Garman
>     Embedded Linux Engineer - Yocto Project
>     Intel Open Source Technology Center
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